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Aug 11, 2023 · On August 11, 1973, a young innovative DJ rocked a modest party for fellow teenagers in a small community room in a Bronx apartment building. What Kool Herc did behind the turntables at that...
Mosi Reeves. | GRAMMYs / Aug 11, 2023 - 07:28 am. This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a cultural movement that rose from humble beginnings in New York to fuel a worldwide phenomenon. Scholars may debate whether its roots precede Aug. 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc debuted his "merry-go-round" technique of playing funk breaks back-to ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Explore 50 years of hip hop history, from its roots in the Bronx to its global influence today. From rap to fashion, musicals to social justice, hip hop is a true cultural force.
Aug 6, 2023 · Aug. 6, 2023. While its growth since the 1990s had been well-documented, here are some notable events from hip-hop’s formative first two decades. 1970s. 1970: The self-titled debut by New...
Jul 18, 2023 · These 50 histories detail hip-hop from countless vantage points: the past forward, and vice versa; the underground upward; the less populated regions outward; the big cities out into the...
Aug 20, 2021 · AT THE SMITHSONIAN. Chronicling Hip-Hop’s 45-Year Ascendance as a Musical, Cultural and Social Phenom. The groundbreaking box set “Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap” features 129...
Mar 7, 2005 · Bring on the funk and hear tales of the old school: Fresh Air features interviews with some of the greatest names in hip-hop history.
